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Hockey: Kenya edge Ghana to finish ninth at Commonwealth Games

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Team Kenya women hockey player Eleanor Chebet in action against New Zealand during the on day one of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at the University Of Birmingham grounds on July 29, 2022. (Kelly Ayodi, Standard)

Kenya national women's hockey team has finished ninth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Commonly referred to as Blades, the East African queens put behind their disappointing group stage performance to edge out rivals Ghana 3-2 in shot shout-out after playing out to a 2-2 draw during the regular time in a ninth/tenth place classification match played on Friday.

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